This mineral property is identified by how easily a mineral can be scratched.
What is hardness?
100
list 3 sudden (quick) changes to earth that can occur
What is flood, landslide, earthquake, volcano?
100
This is a fast change in the environment that occurs when Earth's crust moves suddenly.
What is earthquake?
100
Soil with this in it is very good for farming.
What is humus?
100
The imprint or remains of something that lived long ago.
What is fossil?
200
This mineral property is identified by how light bounces off of it.
What is luster?
200
the solid, nonliving substance that makes up rocks
What is mineral?
200
This is a fast change in the environment that usually occurs when there is large amounts of precipitation.
What is flood?
200
This kind of rock is formed by cooling and hardening melted rock.
What is igneous rock?
200
If a skeleton of a dinosaur shows that it has flat teeth, you can tell that it is which one of these:
a) meat eater
b) plant eater
c) fast runner
What is b) plant eater?
300
A mountain that builds up around an opening in Earth's crust.
What is volcano?
300
The hot substance that comes out of a volcano and overtime can cause a mountain to form.
What is lava?
300
This is a fast change in the environment that occurs when rocks and soil move rapidly down a hill.
What is landslide?
300
This type of rock is formed when layers of sediment are pushed together.
What is sedimentary rock?
300
By studying dinosaur bones and fossils, scientists can tell which one:
a) how many eggs they laid
b) what dinosaurs protect
c) what dinosaurs looked like
What is c) what dinosaurs looked like?
400
a feature of land on Earth's surface (ex. mountain)
What is landform?
400
the number of continents on earth
What is 7?
400
This is the breaking down of rocks into smaller pieces.
What is weathering?
400
Two things soil is made out of
What is rocks, minerals, and decayed matter?
400
True or False? Some of today's animals look much like animals that are extinct now.
What is true?
500
a great area of land on earth (ex. North America)
What is continent?
500
The continent you live on.
What is North America?
500
When weathered rock moves this occurs.
What is erosion?
500
The type of rock that has been changed by heating and squeezing.
What is metamorphic rock?
500
A scientist found shells on a mountain. The scientist can infer that...